The sky around reflection nebula IC 2631

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eso_eso1605c February 10th, 2016

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2 Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

A newly formed star lights up the surrounding cosmic clouds to create the blue reflection nebula IC 2631 at the centre of this striking panorama of gas and dust clouds in the southern constellation of Chameleon. This picture was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1605c/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Subject - Local Universe
Nebula
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 11h 5m 32.5s
DEC = -76° 38’ 33.9”
Orientation
North is 1.1° CCW
Field of View
3.4 x 3.5 degrees
Constellation
Chamaeleon

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS2 (None) Infrared (I) -
Orange DSS2 (None) Optical (R) -
Cyan DSS2 (None) Optical (B) -
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ID
eso1605c
Subject Category
C.4  
Subject Name
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2 Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
Release Date
2016-02-10T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1605c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Orange, Cyan
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, R, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
166.385565253, -76.642742575
Reference Dimension
11976.0, 12240.0
Reference Pixel
5988.0, 6120.0
Scale
-0.000283282949514, 0.000283282949514
Rotation
1.06
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso1605c
Metadata Date
2015-09-21T17:20:24+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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